Name: Besan Halwa recipe by Bishakha Kumari Saxena at BetterButter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1/2 cup ghee; 1 cup besan; 1/2 cups of hot milk; 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tsp cardamom powder; 4 to 5 pistachios chopped; 4 to 5 almonds chopped; few strands of saffron/kesar(optional)

Ingredients Serving: 2

1/2 cup ghee
1 cup besan
1/2 cups of hot milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp cardamom powder
4 to 5 pistachios chopped
4 to 5 almonds chopped
few strands of saffron/kesar(optional)

Instructions

Firstly heat milk in a thick bottomed pan for boiling. Meanwhile keep a thick bottomed pan on the gas add ghee in it, once the ghee melts, then lower the flame add besan and mix very well with the ghee, keep on stirring continuously so that the besan is evenly roasted mix and stir well for 14 to 15 mins on low heat, till the besan leaves aroma everywhere.
Now add the Milk and keep the flame to a low and mix it in besan slowly then add sugar saute it, continuously saute for 5 to 6 mins on a low flame soon the add cardamom powder, chopped pistachios and almonds. When halwa leaves ghee, your halwa is ready, if you want you can garnish halwa with chopped nuts and saffron strands.

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